It's not just my imagination....The Canadian National Quality Instiitue just released the results of a report they conducted over the past 5 years.  Product recalls doubled last year (2006) over the previous year. The 10 product categories included food, beverages, toys, jewellery, clothing, consumer electronics, appliances, furniture, tools, and sports equipment. Over the five-year period, there were 837 product recalls or approximately 20 million items. There were 279 recalls in 2006, the highest number in the five years, almost doubling the number of recalls in 2005.